Professor Allen Cheng
EXPERTISE
- Infectious Diseases Epidemiology
- Infection prevention and control
- Antimicrobial drug policy
Allen works as an infectious diseases physician. His key interests are in influenza, antibiotic resistance and hospital-acquired infections.
He is involved in influenza surveillance in Australian hospitals as well as clinical trials in infectious diseases and infection prevention.
He is Professor/Director of Monash Infectious Diseases at Monash Health and the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University. He has a PhD (Flinders University), a Master of Public Health (Monash University) and a Master of Biostatistics (University of Queensland).
Prof Cheng is a past President of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID). He has been a member of expert writing groups for several national guidelines, including Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic and Australian Infection Control Guidelines for NHMRC. He was Chair of the Advisory Committee for Vaccines and previously Co-Chair of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was Acting Victorian Chief Health Officer.
AMR FOCUS
- Infection prevention and control.
- Antibiotic pharmacokinetics.
- Antimicrobial drug policy.
- Antimicrobial stewardship.
- Antiseptic effectiveness in hospital environments.
- Antimicrobial allergy.
- Healthcare associated and hospital-acquired infections.
IMPACT
- Reducing AMR infection and spread in clinical and healthcare settings through improved drug policy, antimicrobial stewardship and clinical practice.